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Administrator

Administrators play a vital role in sport, particularly to reduce the potential for things to go wrong. Here, you can access resources to help you manage risks in your sport.

Coach or Official

Coaches and officials are what make sport tick. They play a crucial role in helping keep sport safe, fair and inclusive. Here are a number of tools and resources to help you do just that.

Player

If you are a player then you can make a huge contribution to making sport safe, fair and inclusive. Your behaviour influences others, not only your team mates, but everyone involved in sport.

Parents

As a parent you should be aware of your clubs responsibilities. At the same time you also have responsibilities and you can play a huge role in creating a safe environment for your child.

Our training courses are online and/or face-to-face. They cover a range of topics to help keep sport safe, fair and inclusive. Simply click on the links below or 'View All' to see the course requirements.

Today sporting organisations at all levels need to be able to respond to complaints from their members and personnel about on field and off-field behaviour, such as inappropriate behaviour in the club rooms, at practice or on away trips.

'Conduct and behaviour' underpins organisational culture. Organisations that have a positive culture generally flourish and bring a huge amount of value to their community. But what is a positive culture and what behaviours can promote it?

Audio Files

Play by the Rules has a large network of ‘champion’ sports men and women that support safe, fair and inclusive sport. They have provided us with some great messages in the form of audio files you can download and use on your own website and for promotional purposes.

Our Champions audio

27 November 2016

Elyse Perry

No matter what your age most of us played sport when we were young and there was always one thing that made you want to disappear into a corner or even give up your chosen sport. And that was when someone on the sideline hurled abuse at either you or a team mate. These are the moments that make sport painful for so many kids and the time has come to stop it. I’m Elyse Perry from the Southern Stars and my message is simple – let kids be kids – let them enjoy their sport without interference. Google Play by the Rules to find out more.

Ange Postecoglou

No matter what your age most of us played sport when we were young and there was always one thing that made you want to disappear into a corner or even give up your chosen sport. And that was when someone on the sideline hurled abuse at either you, a team mate or an official. These are the moments that make sport painful for so many kids. Time has come to stop it. I’m Ange Postecoglou, coach of the Socceroos. My message is a simple – let kids be kids – find out more at playbytherules.net.au.

Caitlin Thwaites

Most parents agree that junior sport is about kids getting exercise and having fun at the same time. But for some kids that fun becomes a nightmare when they are put under constant pressure by parents and spectators. Yelling out instructions from the sideline or banging on about what you think they did wrong can turn kids away from sport for good. I’m Caitlin Thwaites from the Australian Diamonds and it’s time to let kids be kids. Google Play by the Rules to find out more.

Sam Thaiday

Pressure, it’s something that most of us don’t like to be under. In fact, it often causes confusion and mistakes. As a professional athlete it’s something I’ve had to get used to. Yet people seem to think it’s okay to be put heaps of pressure on kids to perform when they are playing sport. It may seem harmless enough but constant calling out instructions from the sideline and telling kids what to do can be a real downer. I’m Sam Thaiday from the Queensland Origin team – it’s time to let kids be kids. Google Play by the Rules to find out more.

Nick Dal Santo

Pressure, it’s something most of us don’t like being under. In fact, it often causes confusion and mistakes. As a professional footballer it’s something I’ve had to get used to. Yet, people think it’s okay to put heaps of pressure on kids to perform when they are playing their sport. It might seem harmless enough but constantly calling out instructions from the sidelines and telling kids what to do can be a real downer. I’m Nick Dal Santo from the North Melbourne Football Club and it’s time to let kids be kids and enjoy their sport. Google Play by the Rules to find out more.

Matt Ryan

This weekend kids all across Australia will be having a great time playing sport. That is until they hear that ugly voice from the sideline that has a go at someone because they are too big, too slow or because of their ethnic background. To those people on the sidelines my message is ‘butt out’, when you are young sport should be fun. I’m Matt Ryan from the Socceroos, and it’s time that we let kids be kids. Find out more at playbytherules.net.au.

Usman Khawaja

No matter what your age, most of us played sport when we were young. And there was always one thing that made you want to disappear into a corner or even give up your chosen sport – and that was when somebody on the sideline hurled abuse at either you or a team mate or an official. These are things that make sport so painful for so many kids and the time has come to stop it. I’m Usman Khawaja from the Australian Cricket team – my message is a simple one – let kids be kids – let them enjoy their sport – find out more at playbytherules.net.au.

Liz Cambage

I‘m an Australian female basketballer with a Nigerian background. As a kid I was called names because of the colour of my skin, but it just drove me to work harder. In 2012 I went to the Olympics with the Opals - that shut the name callers up. Many people are picked on because of their background or colour and it pushed them away from sport. For tips on how to keep your sport free of racism visit playbytherules.net.au. I’m Liz Cambage and I’m proud to say ‘racism, stops with me’.

Dave Pocock

Come on everyone, it can’t be that difficult. If your ability, attitude and effort means that you can play sport - or that you can’t – the other stuff shouldn’t matter. And by other stuff I mean whether a person is straight or gay. If you can play, you can play. I’m Dave Pocock from the UC Brumbies and I want to keep homophobia out of sport. To keep your sport safe, fair and inclusive for everyone visit playbytherules.net.au.

Kim Green

If people judge me because I was female instead of my ability I may never have represented Australia in Netball. Talent, character and how hard an athlete works is what sport is really about. Whether someone is gay or straight doesn’t make them faster, slower, stronger or weaker. I’m Kim Green from the Diamonds and no matter what your level of sport if you can play, you can play. For more about how to keep your sport safe, fair and inclusive Google Play by the Rules.